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Power returning to Peninsula Post a comment 

Electrical power is slowly being restored to the Bonavista Peninsula.

The power came back on in the Town of Bonavista just after noon today.

Newfoundland Power crews are now working...  (more)  1:53 PM  

Lights still out on Peninsula

Power is still out on the Bonavista Peninsula.

Newfondland Power crews have been in the area since Friday night, trying to restore service to households from Trinity to Bonavista.

...  (more)  08/03/10 4:08 PM  
Caribous take game 2

A second period rally clinched the win for the Clarenville Caribous in game 2 of the West Coast Senior Hockey League championship series.

After a crushing defeat on Saturday night against t...  (more)  07/03/10 4:36 PM  

Cats leading in game 2

It's another frustrating day for the Clarenville Caribous on home ice.

After one period play the Caribous are scorless, against two goals by the Cataracts.

Philpott and Roebothan no...  (more)  07/03/10 2:58 PM  

Cats win 1st game in playoff series

The Grand Falls Cataracts have snared the first game of the West Coast Senior Hockey League playoffs with a 5-1 win over the Caribous.

The Cats scored their fifth goal early in the third pe...  (more)  06/03/10 10:34 PM  

Cataracts leading 4-1 after 2nd period

With just one period left in the first game, it looks like it will be a celebration for the Cataracts tonight .

The Grand Falls squad is leading 4-1 after the second period.

The Car...  (more)  06/03/10 9:50 PM  

Cataracts lead Caribous after 1st period

The Grand Falls Cataracts are leading the Clarenville Caribous 1-0 after  the first period of play in game one of the West Coast Hockey League finals.

Ryan  Delaney scored fo...  (more)  06/03/10 9:08 PM  

Peninsula still in the dark

People on the Bonavista Peninsula may be without power until Tuesday, according to the latest update from NL Power.

The latest estimates for restoration of power are Sunday for the area aro...  (more)  06/03/10 3:50 PM  

Bonavista Peninsula Blacked Out

Most of the Bonavista Peninsula is without power this evening, as the result of high winds and freezing rain.

The blackout began around the lunch hour, affecting the communities of Tri...  (more)  05/03/10 10:59 PM  


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Dr. Austin Hookey and nurse Byron Hiscock are hard pressed to console new mother Vanessa Hiscock when she realizes the effect the H1N1 virus had on her baby. This
skit was just one of several that kept the audience in stitches at the Champney’s West annual variety concert on the weekend. See more photos and story page B1.
Ed Vincent photo

 (more)  Post a comment  ( Related:1 photo gallery04/03/10 1:05 PM  
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from the mainland,talking about weed,only to discover she had bought a Wii machine.
from the mainland,talking about weed,only to discover she had bought a Wii machine.
No holds barred Post a comment 

Nothing was sacred, or beyond ridicule.

This year's Champney's West concert took shots at everything from Tiger Woods marital misdeeds to Danny Williams' heart surgery, and put a humorous slant on everything from breast implants to the H1N1 vaccine to last month's local tsunami.

Most of the skits are impromptu, says long-time cast member Austin Hookey. Hookey, who has been involved with the variety show since the first one nearly two decades ago, explains the ideas for skits are hashed out a few days before the concert.

 (more)  ( Related:1 photo gallery04/03/10 12:26 PM  
Allyn Matthews is flanked by Lisa Yetman-Prince and Eve Dalton behind the counter
of Something Special. Other staff members are Sharon Drodge, Tiffany Burke, Karen
Pike and Charlotte Bittner. Laura Button photo
Allyn Matthews is flanked by Lisa Yetman-Prince and Eve Dalton behind the counter of Something Spec... »
Specialty boutique named small business of the year View comments1 

Twenty-three years ago, Allyn Matthews saw a void in the retail market of Clarenville, so she took it upon herself to fill it. “I found that it was at the time, way back, it was difficult to ...  (more)  04/03/10 12:26 PM  

Minister says price-setting panel will stay Post a comment 

The provincial government is stiff-arming the Association of Seafood Producers (ASP), saying it is committed to the three-member panel that sets prices for catches in the Newfoundland fishery.

Human Resources, Labour and Employment Minister Susan Sullivan said Thursday she supports the Standing Price-Setting Panel, which was established several years ago as a mechanism to set prices if producers and the fisheries union fail to reach agreement.

 (more)  04/03/10 12:26 PM  
Barbara Dean-Simmons photo
Barbara Dean-Simmons photo
Community rallies to help victim of chronic pain View comments1 

His world, for the most part, is confined to four walls and a hospital bed.

And he hates it.

It's not the life for a 30 year old.

But it's the only life Terry Spurrell has had for the past several months.

 (more)  04/03/10 12:26 PM  
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The Southwest Arm Tigers claimed their third provincial volleyball banner this past weekend. Back row: Roman Peddle, Cody Peddle, Damian Stacey, James Fitzgerald, Brandon Vey, Cole Avery-Marsh, Jamie Jewers; front row: Christopher Whalen, Reilly Smith, Zachary Peddle, Taylor Smith.
The Southwest Arm Tigers claimed their third provincial volleyball banner this past weekend. Back ro... »
Another provincial title for SWA Tigers Post a comment 

The month of February has literally been a banner one for boys' volleyball teams from Southwest Arm Academy.

They claimed the provincial high school 4A volleyball title in Corner Brook the first weekend of February. They followed that up clinching the Newfoundland and Labrador Volleyball Association (NLVA) 17-under male title two weeks later in Clarenville.

 (more)  04/03/10 12:26 PM  
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A study in contrasts Post a comment 

Premier Danny Williams' decision to have heart surgery in the United States was, when all is said and done, a personal choice.

There is no dispute about that.

However, as a public figure, his decision is a matter for public debate, on several fronts.

There is the debate over whether his decision casts a poor light on his confidence in our national health care system. And it's a valid point, especially in light of stories in the national media that Williams had options in this country, and access - afforded to all under our MCP plan - to a heart specialist in Ontario considered to be the best in the world in that particular surgery.

 (more)  04/03/10 2:53 PM  

 





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